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Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh calls for isolating nations adopting terrorism as state policy
Extends full assistance to Armed Forces of Uzbekistan for modernisation and capacity building
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh today called for isolating all nations that have adopted terrorism as their state policy and affect the world in one way or the other. Raksha Mantri was speaking at the ‘Curtain Raiser’ of the first-ever India-Uzbekistan Joint Exercise ‘Dustlik 2019’ at Tashkent in Uzbekistan in the presence of Defence Minister of Uzbekistan Major General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov.
“Terrorism is a global problem. There are many examples where some countries have adopted terrorism as their state policy. The need of the hour is to condemn and isolate such countries,” said Shri Rajnath Singh.
Describing ‘Dustlik 2019’ as an example of the growing defence collaboration between India and Uzbekistan, Raksha Mantri expressed confidence that the soldiers of the two countries will stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the time of need.
Shri Rajnath Singh termed defence cooperation between the two countries as ‘crucial’ to the overall bilateral relations that have witnessed tremendous growth in the last few years. He assured the Government of Uzbekistan that Indian Armed Forces will provide all possible assistance to their Uzbek counterparts for their modernisation and capacity building. Shri Rajnath Singh promised India’s enhanced support to Uzbekistan in Military Medicine, saying that the MoU signed after his bilateral meeting with the Defence Minister of Uzbekistan is a step in the direction.
Raksha Mantri affirmed India’s commitment of developing a state-of-the-art IT complex in Armed Forces Academy of Uzbekistan for the benefit of their soldiers. “We will send a team of expert IT professionals and English language instructors to share their expertise with the students of Knowledge Academy,” he added.
Identifying ‘Military Technical Cooperation’ as an area of huge potential, Shri Rajnath Singh said, India is always ready to share its accomplishments and achievements with Uzbekistan in this field. He expressed confidence that both countries will benefit from this cooperation.
Raksha Mantri also lauded the ‘large size reforms & transformations’ being undertaken in Uzbekistan by the Government led by President Mr Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Shri Rajnath Singh expressed hope that ‘Dustlik 2019’ will be a grand success and the Armies of both countries will demonstrate the highest degree of professionalism during the exercise. He invited the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan for the Joint Exercises in 2020 in India.
‘Dustlik 2019’ will be conducted from November 4-13, 2019 at Chirchiq Training Area near Tashkent. In the exercise, an Indian Army contingent will train along with Uzbekistan Army. The exercise will enable sharing of best practices and experiences between the Armed Forces of the two countries and would lead to greater operational effectiveness.
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Special Service and Features
Regional Dak Adalat of Central Postal Region
The Regional Dak Adalat of Central Postal Region of Kerala Circle  for the 2nd Quarter of 2022 is proposed to be held online at the Office of the Postmaster General, Central Region, Gandhi Nagar, Maveli Road, Kochi, on 22.06.2022 via Google Meet Platform
 will be taken up in the Adalat and will cover matters relating to postal services including counter services, savings Bank, money orders etc.
Those who wish to file any complaint/petition before the Dak Adalat may please send their complaints/ suggestions to the email-ids - adpgcr.keralapost[at]gmail[dot]com or pmgcr.keralapost[at]gmail[dot]com titled "Regional Dak Adalat : June 2022" or by post addressed to Shri. M.P Ramesh, Assistant Director [PG], 0/o the Postmaster General, Central Region, Kochi - 682020. The mobile number and email id of the applicant to be clearly specified in the complaint.
Complaints should reach the above email id/address on or before 12.06.2022. Complaints/Suggestions taken up in the previous Adalats will not be entertained.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Payroll Reporting in India – A Formal Employment Perspective
The National Statistical Office , Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the press note on Employment Outlook of the country covering the period September, 2017 to April, 2023 based on the administrative records available with selected government agencies to assess the progress in certain dimensions.
A detailed note is annexed.
President's Secretariat
President of India could not Visit The Kargil War Memorial due to Inclement Weather
Paid Tributes at Dagger War Memorial, Baramulla
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind was not able to visit the Kargil War Memorial at Dras as his chopper faced inclement weather en-route. Instead, the President visited Baramulla and paid his tributes to soldiers who sacrificed their lives in defending the nation by laying a wreath at the Dagger War Memorial. He also interacted with Officers and Jawans of Chinar Corps and visited High Altitude Warfare School at Gulmarg.
Ministry of Finance
LIC Policies
The Life Insurance Corporation of India  Corporation regularly endeavours to provide a bouquet of life insurance products to cater to the needs of various strata of society. This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
This has enabled LIC to maintain its market share of 70.52% in first year premium and 75.64% share in terms of policies as on 31.12.2019  making it a dominant player. The product line, inter-alia, includes Term Assurance, Endowment, Whole Life, Money Back, Children Specific, Women Specific, Micro Insurance, Unit-Linked and Pension plans.
Giving more details, the Minister of State stated that LIC, during the current financial year upto 31.12.2019, has recruited 1,14,114 agents and 4,374 Development Officers. This recruitment drive coupled with innovative marketing strategies undertaken by the Corporation and a growth rate of 17.81% of policies sold till 31.12.2019 is expected to enable LIC to cross three crore bench mark during current financial year.
Shri Thakur said that LIC continuously strives to offer attractive products/features including provision of higher surrender value; extension of revival period from two years to five years; option to take death benefit in installments and option to take maturity benefit in instalments  etc.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
National Programme for Child Labour Free India
The Government having given consideration to various aspects of the problems of child labour enacted the Child Labour  Act, 1986 which was amended in 2016. The amended Act is now called the Child and Adolescent Labour  Act, 1986 which inter-alia provides for complete prohibition of work or employment of children below 14 years in any occupation and process and adolescents in the age group of 14 to 18 years in hazardous occupations and processes.
Ministry of Labour & Employment has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee under the chairpersonship of Secretary  comprising the representatives of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Department of Rural Development, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Women and Child Development. The Committee coordinates efforts across ministries and sectors for prevention of child labour.
In addition, Ministry of Labour & Employment has framed model State Action Plan enumerating action points to be taken by respective State Governments for eradication of child labour including migrant, girl and SC/ST children.
Under the Samagra Shiksha scheme of Ministry of Education implemented by its Department of School Education & Literacy, annual plans are prepared by the States and Union Territories  based on their requirements and priority and this is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget  proposals. During the appraisal of AWP&B proposals, all States and UTs are requested to conduct house hold survey annually for the purpose of identification of the Out of School Children . This includes drop out and never enrolled children.
Under the Scheme, all the States and Union Territories  are required to conduct Household Survey for identification of Out of School Children . This Department has developed an online module for compiling the data of OoSC identified by each State/UT and their mapping with Special Training Centres  on the PRABANDH Portal. The concerned State/UT validates the child wise information of the identified OoSC and STC uploaded by the concerned Block Resource Centre of the State for monitoring the progress of mainstreaming of OoSC.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri. Rameshwar Teli in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s meeting with Prime Minister of Sweden
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met H.E. Ms. Magdalena Andersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, on the sidelines of the 2nd India-Nordic Summit in Copenhagen. This was the first meeting between the two leaders.
India and Sweden have had longstanding close relations based on common values; strong business, investment and R&D linkages; and similar approaches to global peace, security and development. Innovation, Technology, Investment and R&D collaborations provide the bedrock of this modern relationship. During the 2018 visit of Prime Minister Modi to Sweden on the occasion of the 1st India-Nordic Summit, the two sides had adopted a wide-ranging Joint Action Plan and signed a Joint Innovation Partnership.
In today’s meeting, the two leaders reviewed the progress made in our bilateral partnership. They also expressed satisfaction at the progress made by the Lead IT initiative. This was a India-Sweden joint global initiative to set up a Leadership Group on Industry Transition  in September 2019 at the UN Climate Action Summit to help guide the world’s heaviest greenhouse gas  emitting industries towards the low-carbon economy. Its membership has now grown to 35 with 16 countries and 19 companies.
Both leaders also discussed possibilities of deepening cooperation in areas like innovation, climate technology, climate action, green hydrogen, space, defence, civil aviation, Arctic, polar research, sustainable mining and trade and economic ties.
Discussions also took place on regional and global developments.
Ministry of External Affairs
Regional Passport Office, Mumbai has decided to suspend operations of all Passport Office Kendras  and Post Office Passport Seva Kendras  with effect from 23.04.2021
To contain the spread of corona virus as part of “Break the Chain” initiative, Regional Passport Office, Mumbai has decided to suspend operations of all Passport Office Kendras  and Post Office Passport Seva Kendras  with effect from 23.04.2021. The decision is in terms of Order No. DMU/2020/CR.92/Disc-M dated 21st April 2021 issued by the Government of Maharashtra imposing emergency restrictions in the State effective from 8 pm on 22nd April 2021 till 7 am on 1st May 2021.
Services at all the PSKs and POPSKs under the Regional Passport Office, Mumbai and enquiry at the Regional Passport Office, Mumbai shall remain suspended with effect from 23.04.2021 till 30.04.2021.
Applicants, who have already scheduled their appointment at any PSK or POPSK under RPO Mumbai, are requested to reschedule their appointments online to some other available date. The earlier restrictions imposed to schedule appointments online have been lifted and applicants can reschedule their appointments of their choice many times.
Applicants are advised not to visit any PSK/POPSKs during the period of operations suspended. Applicant may contact RPO Mumbai on telephone numbers 022-26520016/17  or write to us on our email rpo.mumbai@mea.gov.in for any related information, visit our website www.passportindia.gov.in or follow on our twitter handle @rpomumbai or on Facebook page of Regional Passport Office, Mumbai.
President's Secretariat
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Calls on the President
Mrs Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh called on the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .
Welcoming the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India, the President said that India accords the highest priority to its ties with Bangladesh. Our partnership is historical, time-tested and enduring, forged in the Liberation War of 1971.
The President said that bilateral ties between the two countries are doing exceedingly well. We are together writing the Golden Chapter—‘sonali adhyaya’ of our partnership. India is deeply committed to further strengthen this relationship on the basis of mutual trust and understanding.
The President said that today, Bangladesh is a role model for developing countries as far as socio-economic development is concerned. India is honoured to be Bangladesh’s partner in this journey. He expressed confidence that India-Bangladesh bilateral projects will create a connected and prosperous neighbourhood.
The President appreciated Bangladesh’s zero-tolerance policy on terrorism. He said that our joint efforts to defeat terrorism, insurgency and violent extremism are yielding results.
Special Service and Features
Applications Invited for National MSME Awards 2021-22
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises  in India have undergone a vast development in the last five decades registering a tremendous growth as well as the progress in terms of quality production, exports, innovation, product and process development. Entrepreneurial efforts have made it possible to produce a number of items, which hitherto were imported.
The Indian entrepreneurs are very creative and innovate new products and processes as well as provide innovative services to remain competitive in domestic and global market. This has become possible to encourage such innovative efforts and promote their spirit in larger interest of qualitative development of MSME. Accordingly, the Ministry of MSME recognizes the contributions of these entrepreneurs for their outstanding performance and motivate and encourage them by conferring awards at the National Level.
Online Applications are invited from the Entrepreneurs for the following Categories for consideration of National MSME Awards 2021-22 at the National Level.
1. Awards for Manufacturing Entrepreneurship 
2. Awards for Service Entrepreneurship 
3. Awards for Special Category of Enterprises
 Women Entrepreneurship 
 Entrepreneurs belonging to SC/ST Category 
 Entrepreneurs belonging to 'Divyang' Category 
The eligible MSMEs will submit online applications in the relevant category of awards in the website of www.dcmsme.gov.in  in the following link https://dashboard.msme.gov.in/na/ Ent_NA_Admin/Ent_index.aspx. An enterprise can apply for more than one category of award. The MSME winners of the awards shall have the privilege of allowing their employees to wear labels, pins, ties, logo or other distinctive badges with the symbol of the Awards indicating the year of Award inscribed on it. The entrepreneurs can also use the symbol on their letterheads or any advertisement issued along with the year of the award. The amount of cash prize received by winners is exempted under section 1O of Income Tax Act 1961.
The last date for online submission of application is on 20.04.2022. For further details and guidance, MSME Entrepreneurs are requested to contact MSME-Development Institute, Chennai , Branch Offices at Coimbatore , Madurai  & Tirunelveli  or District Industries Centre of their respective districts, according to a press release issued by P.Sivasubramanian, IES, Deputy Director, MSME DI, Chennai
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Ministry of Defence
Indian Air Force to participate in Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo  2019
Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo  is planned in Langkawi, Malaysia from 26 March 2019 to 30 March 2019. Indian Air Force is participating in the Maritime Aero Expo for the first time, during which it will showcase its indigenously developed LCA fighter aircraft. The team departed from Air Force Station Kalaikunda for Langkawi today i.e 22 March 2019 via Myanmar .
Participation of IAF in LIMA-2019 will provide an opportunity to air-warriors to interact with their Royal Malaysian Air Force  counterparts and foster close relationship between the two services. This will serve as a foundation for any future interaction with the Malaysian Air Force. It will also provide an opportunity to RMAF to assess the capabilities of LCA.
IAF contingent consists of 02 x LCA, 01 x C-130J and one x IL-76 ac along with 27 officers, 42 air-warriors and 11 HAL personnel.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Cabinet Secretary chairs NCMC meeting to review Very Severe cyclone Bulbul over West Bengal and Odisha
The second meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee , chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, Shri Rajiv Gauba, was held today to review the situation and preparedness to deal with Very Severe Cyclone Bulbul over the Bay of Bengal and likely to affect coastal districts of West Bengal and Odisha.
IMD informed that the Cyclone, has now intensified and is likely to cross the West Bengal coast by the late evening of 9th Nov. Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, accompanied by winds reaching upto 120 Kmph and tidal waves up 1 to 2 meter are expected. The Cyclone is expected to make a landfall at the West Bengal Coast at about 2000 to 2200 hrs.
Chief Secretaries of West Bengal and Odisha informed that necessary preparations have been made by them and SDRF and Fire Service teams have been positioned. Fishing operations have been suspended and people in low lying areas being evacuated to shelter homes. 16 teams of NDRF and SDRF have been positioned in West Bengal and additional teams are being deployed at the request of states. Officials of Ministry of Defence intimated that requisite number of ships, aircrafts and specialized teams of Coast Guard, Indian Navy, Army and Air Force are on standby.
At the same time, all out efforts for timely restoration of power and telecommunication facilities are in place. In wake of present situation fight operations at Kolkata airport may need to be temporarily suspended.
Cabinet Secretary took stock of the current situation and preparedness for rescue and relief operations and assured that assistance, as required, will be provided. While noting that about 59000 people have been evacuated by West Bengal Government, he directed that all efforts to be made to evacuate persons left behind in the areas likely to be affected. He also stressed on the suspension of fishing operations until the situation became normal.
Senior officials of the Ministries of Home, Defence, Power, Telecommunication and Civil Aviation as well as those from IMD and NDRF, NDMA attended the meeting. Chief Secretaries from West Bengal and Orissa participated in the meeting through Video Conference.
Prime Minister's Office
CM Tripura calls on PM
The Chief Minister of Tripura Prof. Manik Saha today called on PM.
The Prime Minister Office tweeted:
"Chief Minister of Tripura, @DrManikSaha2 called on PM @narendramodi."
Ministry of Home Affairs
NDMA Workshop for creating disaster database begins
A National Workshop on Data Requirements for Disaster Risk Reduction Database began here today. The workshop is being organized by the National Disaster Management Authority  in collaboration with the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund , United Nations Development Programme  and United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction  with an aim to develop a uniform and credible national-level disaster database.
The two-day workshop is aimed at developing a consensus among various stakeholders on disasters and thresholds and to develop standardised systems for data collection, updation and validation to ensure accuracy and quality. Such a database would help track our progress towards achieving the targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction .
Once ready, this database would be able to provide real time disaggregated data. This granular data would lend itself to generating evidences and analyses, which would help plan interventions that build disaster risk resilience.
"It is the first step towards developing a National Disaster Management Information System that can provide real time information to various stakeholders for relief and rehabilitation response, policy interventions, planning and research for risk-informed development planning,” said Shri R. K. Jain, Member, NDMA.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Yuri Afansiev, United Nations Resident Coordinator, India, emphasised upon the need to understand implications of disasters, especially in a country as vast as India. “There is a need to integrate the proposed database to various development frameworks and goals allowing policymakers to receive reliable information, analyse it and reach conclusions to take policy decisions.”
The technical session on Disaster Information and Data Management System on Damage and Loss and Good Practices was chaired by Lt. Gen. N. C. Marwah , Member, NDMA. Objectives of setting up such a database as well as the challenges in maintaining and utilising it were discussed. The session also discussed global experiences and best practices in institutionalising disaster databases.
The second session on ‘Discussion to record an event as a Disaster in DRR Database at National and State levels’ was chaired by Shri Kamal Kishore, Member, NDMA. Issues such as data collection templates, data sources, and IT platform for entering, organizing and managing data were discussed during this session.
Officials from NDMA and representatives of concerned Central Ministries and Departments, State Governments, UN agencies, Administrative Training Institutes , Disaster Management Institutes and Universities are participating in the workshop.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to visit Jharkhand and Odisha on January 5, 2019
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Jharkhand and Odisha on 5th January 2019.
In Jharkhand, PM will unveil plaque to mark the layingoffoundation stone of revival of North Koel  project andKanhar Stone Pipeline irrigation system. He will inaugurate the collective e-grihapravesh of twenty five thousand beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri AwasYojana through video conferencing. He will also address a public gathering.
Prime Minister will then proceed to Odisha. At Baripada, he will dedicate to the nation, Balasore-Haldia-Durgapur section of LPG pipeline project of IOCLand the Balasore multi modal logistic park.
The Prime Minister will unveil plaque to mark the commencement of work for the development and conservation of Rasika Ray temple at ancient fort, Haripurgarh. He will lay the foundation stone for the four laning of various National Highway projects and inaugurate six passport sevakendras. He will also flag off the second passenger train from Tatanagar to Badampahar.
He will also address a public gathering at Baripada.